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Fri, Nov 30, 2012 10:16:34 AM
∪ to share my innermost self with others ∪
posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2012 10:16:34 AM
i must first have an idea of what that innermost self is truly like. this looks like it is going to be a very long day. my fellow developer is just not getting it and i am on the cusp of just walking away. i know that i will not do it, so i just have to be patient and see what happens over the next 4 days. yes, stuff is happening that may or may not affect my current work situation.
none of this however, has much to do with knowing myself, so i can be myself and show that true self to others, or DOES IT? i mean i walked into my last interview confident in what i knew and i do believe i displayed my competency without being boorish. when i was tired last night, and sitting at a meeting, i resisted the temptation to pull out my phone and STOP PAYING ATTENTION. sitting here this morning, i took a quicky side job, even though the weekend is full of work already. quite honestly, this morning i feel a little overwhelmed and running way behind where i want to be it is nine o'clock and i ma just writing this blog. do you want to know a secret, this morning i just do not care. i know what i have to do and i know what i have done and all in all, i can comfortably state, that all is well in my little corner of the world.
the ironic part of this reading, at least as i see it is, that i said the exact same thing to another addict a month ago, when asked what i thought about him being in a relationship with very little clean time. so now the microscope is turned back on me.
the reading speaks of inventories and doe use the plural form there, but what i am discovering is that endless inventories are not effective, unless, i take what i find and move forward in the process of change. i have whittles my list of character defects down to a single one, and now all i have to do, is finish my assignment and make an appointment with my sponse, to move on. my part, is to make sure that i have not identified a feeling and if it is a feeling, than to dig a bit deeper to find the belief or attitude causing that feeling. it certainly was evident when i writing about finding the care of a HIGHER POWER yesterday, and i am sure it will become even clearer as i let go, surrender this defect into the care of that POWER.
so before it gets much later, i will say that this journey of uncovery to discover the real person inside this skin, has certainly been interesting of late. as i move into STEP SEVEN, i doubt that it will get any less interesting as the process continues. so off to the shower and back to work, to see how much i can really accomplish as this day goes on.
none of this however, has much to do with knowing myself, so i can be myself and show that true self to others, or DOES IT? i mean i walked into my last interview confident in what i knew and i do believe i displayed my competency without being boorish. when i was tired last night, and sitting at a meeting, i resisted the temptation to pull out my phone and STOP PAYING ATTENTION. sitting here this morning, i took a quicky side job, even though the weekend is full of work already. quite honestly, this morning i feel a little overwhelmed and running way behind where i want to be it is nine o'clock and i ma just writing this blog. do you want to know a secret, this morning i just do not care. i know what i have to do and i know what i have done and all in all, i can comfortably state, that all is well in my little corner of the world.
the ironic part of this reading, at least as i see it is, that i said the exact same thing to another addict a month ago, when asked what i thought about him being in a relationship with very little clean time. so now the microscope is turned back on me.
the reading speaks of inventories and doe use the plural form there, but what i am discovering is that endless inventories are not effective, unless, i take what i find and move forward in the process of change. i have whittles my list of character defects down to a single one, and now all i have to do, is finish my assignment and make an appointment with my sponse, to move on. my part, is to make sure that i have not identified a feeling and if it is a feeling, than to dig a bit deeper to find the belief or attitude causing that feeling. it certainly was evident when i writing about finding the care of a HIGHER POWER yesterday, and i am sure it will become even clearer as i let go, surrender this defect into the care of that POWER.
so before it gets much later, i will say that this journey of uncovery to discover the real person inside this skin, has certainly been interesting of late. as i move into STEP SEVEN, i doubt that it will get any less interesting as the process continues. so off to the shower and back to work, to see how much i can really accomplish as this day goes on.
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
3) Therefore when the sovereign occupies his place as the Son of Heaven,
and he has appointed his three ducal ministers, though (a prince)
were to send in a round symbol-of-rank large enough to fill both the
hands, and that as the precursor of the team of horses (in the court-yard),
such an offering would not be equal to (a lesson of) this Tao, which
one might present on his knees.